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Man fatally shot in police pursuit, officer injured

A man is dead and a police officer is injured after a pursuit in Baltimore County Saturday morning.

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Updated: 6:32 PM EST Feb 14, 2015

Man fatally shot in police pursuit, officer injured

A man is dead and a police officer is injured after a pursuit in Baltimore County Saturday morning.

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Updated: 6:32 PM EST Feb 14, 2015

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WEBVTT REPORTER VANESSA HERRING, WITH THE VERY LATEST. VANESSA? VANESSA: KAI, THIS IS STILL AN ACTIVE SCENE, EVEN THOUGH THE SHOOTING HAPPENED LATE THIS MORNING. YOU CAN SEE THE SCENE BEHIND ME. SIX BALTIMORE COUNTY POLICE OFFICERS FIRED THEIR WEAPONS AND ARE ON ADMINISTRATIVE DUTY WHILE THIS INCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT OPENED FIRE ON THE OFFICERS LATE THIS MORNING. IT STARTED AS A STOP FOR SPEEDING. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THEY PURSUED THE MAN AFTER HE FAILED TO STOP FOR A TROOPER. HE DROVE OVER A MEDIAN AND GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY. THE CAR WAS SPOTTED LATER IN THE WOODLAWN AREA. ONCE AGAIN, THE DRIVER DIDN'T STOP WHEN OFFICERS TRIED TO PULL HIM OVER. OFFICERS PURSUED THE CAR ACROSS 695 ONTO 702. POLICE SAY THE DRIVER HIT ANOTHER CAR, STOPPED, AND OPENED FIRE. CORPORAL JOHN WACHLTER: AS OFFICERS APPROACHED THE VEHICLE, GUNFIRE CAME FROM THE VEHICLE, STRIKING AN OFFICER. OFFICERS THEN RETURNED FIRE. THE SUSPECT IN THE VEHICLE, WHO WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT IN THE VEHICLE, WAS DECLARED DECEASED AT THE SCENE. VANESSA: POLICE SAY A DRIVER ANTIGO CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR THAT THE OF -- THE SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY HIT. THEY SAID THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY SERIOUS INJURIES. THE OFFICERS INVOLVED ARE ON ADMINISTRATIVE DUTY. THE OFFICER WHO WAS HIT BY GUNFIRE IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL LATER

Man fatally shot in police pursuit, officer injured

A man is dead and a police officer is injured after a pursuit in Baltimore County Saturday morning.